Melicytus lanceolatus (PLUG grown)
Narrow-leaved mahoe Ht 5-6m
Small evergreen tree found in wetter areas throughout NZ most frequently at higher, cooler altitudes and in frosty valleys. Leaves are long soft, parallel-sided with many small marginal teeth. Bark is smooth and light brown. Flowers are small in clusters most abundant on woody twigs below the leaves,
yellow for female, purple for males on separate trees, flowering mid-winter to early summer. Fruits 4-6mm dark purple late winter to late summer.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Small Tree
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive to birds
- Attracts bees
Picea abies (PLUG grown)
European spruce Ht 30-40m
Boehmerwald (Czech) & Nelson origins. Narrowly conical, evergreen. A tree for moist sites in colder districts. A major timber tree in Europe and for Christmas trees in USA and Europe.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Large tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Christmas Trees
- Container Grown
Populus 'Rotorangi' NZ 5027
Rotorangi hybrid poplar Ht 30m
P. deltoides x ciliata. Straight trunk, narrow branch angle, carries full canopy to later in the autumn, even in higher rainfall rust prone regions. Soil conservation in dry windy Eastern regions including coastal. Smaller tree could be good for a shelterbelt. Wood density 358kg/m3.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Timber
- Firewood
- Erosion control
- Shelter
Quercus bicolor
Swamp white oak Ht 20-25m
N.& Central USA. Broadly spreading, deciduous. Bark light grey deeply furrowed into flat scaly ridges. Young trees have very straight trunks. Tolerates swampy ground.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
Chionochloa conspicua (PLUG grown)
Plumed tussock grass Ht 1m+
Broadly spreading when in flower. The rather open tall flower heads, seen in sunlight, against a dark green background of bush, are beautiful.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Erosion control
- Container Grown
Quercus x humidicola (PLUG grown)
Mounds Oak Ht 20-25m
A hybrid between Quercus bicolor & Q. lyrata prefering wet sites. A white oak whose acorns are readily eaten by ducks & wildlife. ONLY ONE PLANT
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive to birds
- Container Grown
Quercus peduncularis (PLUG grown)
A Mexican white oak
A white oak from Mexico with thick leathery leaves, growing in a range of soils. Leaves similar in shape to Q. canariensis.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Container Grown
Liquidambar styraciflua (PLUG grown)
American sweet gum Ht 25-35m
E USA. Broadly conical, deciduous. Renowned for its autumn colours of yellow, orange, red and purple. Prefers moist soils and can tolerate periodic inundation. Wood is valuable. 1 year old (covered through winter).
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - orange
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Phormium 'Dark Delight' (POT grown)
Ornamental Purple Flax Ht 1-1.5m
A stunningly dark purple Flax that is very well regarded and very wildly planted as an ornamental throughout NZ. Upright spears of purple-black foliage.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Container Grown
Phormium cookianum purpureum (POT grown)
Harakeke or bronze flax Ht 1.5-2.5m
Broadly spreading, evergreen. Broad drooping bronze-purple blades producing a typical coastal flax form.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Grass - Strap like leaves
- NZ native
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates wet sites
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
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